Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Our client, a leader in their industry, has an exciting opportunity for a QA Engineer.

For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

The QA Engineering Lead is responsible for designing and implementing scalable test automation frameworks, tools, and quality engineering practices for an enterprise-wide data and automation platform. This role is deeply hands on building automated test suites, integrating quality checks into CI/CD pipelines, and driving shift-left testing with the engineering team.

The QA Engineering Lead partners with developers, data engineers, and platform teams to diagnose issues at the code, API, and data layers; and ensure quality gates are embedded throughout the delivery lifecycle. This role contributes to continuous improvement by advancing test automation coverage, optimizing performance and reliability validation, and maturing quality engineering methodologies across the platform.

This role is critical in ensuring platform components meet functional, performance, and security standards through engineering-driven quality practices rather than manual test coverage oversight.

Technical and Testing Responsibilities
Create and implement comprehensive test plans and strategies for projects and application components.
Ensure the successful execution of various tests, including manual and automated, functional, and regression testing.
Lead the design and implementation of test automation frameworks and solutions to improve efficiency and prevent regressions.
Identify and document defects: Ensure product quality: Work to ensure the overall quality of the product, often with a focus on non-functional requirements like accessibility and performance testing.
Stay updated on the latest QA tools and methodologies and implement them as needed
Partner with engineering, product, and other teams to ensure successful project completion and build a quality-driven culture.
Continuously identify gaps and opportunities to improve QA processes, methodologies, and efficiency.
Produce status reports, communicate test results, and provide insights on product quality to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Define and drive the adoption of quality metrics to measure test effectiveness and overall product quality.
Maintain accurate and up-to-date testing documentation, including test cases, plans, and scripts.

A bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information technology, or a related technical field is typically required.
~5+ years of experience in software quality assurance or test automation.
~ Testing Methodologies: Deep knowledge of QA methodologies, tools, and processes.
~ and frameworks (DRF Test Suite, pytest-django etc.) and proficiency in programming/scripting languages such as Python, Java, C#, or JavaScript.
~ Testing Types: Experience with various types of testing, including functional, regression, performance, load, API (Experience with REST API testing using Postman, or similar tools) And user acceptance testing (UAT).
~ Tools: Familiarity with bug tracking and project management tools (e.g., Git), and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., com email address and never provide personal or financial information to anyone who is not clearly associated with Eliassen Group. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.